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Russia’s security council secretary, Sergei Shoigu, arrived in Tehran on Monday for talks with the Iranian leadership including President Masoud Pezeshkian, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.

Its weirdness across the board is pluperfect. The American media and political class have a new mantra: Conservatives and Republicans are weird. We’re weird? Seriously? They can say that with a straight face? I’ll tell you what’s really weird. What’s weird is men in women’s clothing, sometimes with mustaches, being placed in high positions in our government. Some of them steal suitcases and clothing. What’s weird is Drag Queen Story Hour, where men dressed as women, often in scanty prosti-suits, gyrating on stage for very young boys and girls, are accompanied by their approving parents. What’s weird is allowing children...

Real terrorist attacks are coming, and we’re ruled by America-hating useful idiots. Scarcely a week goes by we don’t hear about more known terrorists caught—most are never caught--at the border, like these: Border Patrol agents took three suspected Palestinian terrorists into custody earlier this month after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico into California, the New York Post reported. One of the men reportedly had a “salacious photo” of a masked man holding an AK-47 rifle, the article states. Graphic: X ScreenshotJust another day at the border, just another batch of Islamist terrorists who happened to stroll across the...

'We will find you,' police officer warns rioters Rounding off the brief update, Lindsey Butterfield describes violence that occurred at a hotel in Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham. She says there was a "particularly sickening moment" when a wheelie bin was pushed against a hotel and set on fire with "the clear intent to cause serious harm to the residents and staff". The police worked through the night to identify those who attended the unrest, she says, issuing a warning to those who took part, saying "we will find you".

In a chilling display of disregard for the sanctity of life, Switzerland has introduced an ‘assisted suicide pod’, akin to a vending machine. This device allows individuals to end their lives at the mere ‘push of a button’. The portable death ‘pod’ has received approval from the Swiss government and is expected to claim its first victim this year. Florian Willet, CEO of the pro-euthanasia organization The Last Resort, announced this disturbing development during a press conference. Willet confirmed that Switzerland will ‘soon’ begin euthanizing citizens using this macabre machine.According to Willet, there are already people lined up, eagerly waiting...

U.S. stock futures tumbled Monday as part of a global market sell-off centered around U.S. recession fears. Japan’s Nikkei 225 plunged 12% in its worst day since the 1987 Black Monday crash for Wall Street. Here’s where U.S. stock market futures stand at the moment: * Dow Jones Industrial Average futures dropped 633 points or 1.6% following a 611-point loss on Friday. * S&P 500 futures are down 2.6% after the benchmark lost 1.8% on Friday. * Nasdaq-100 futures lost 4% as big tech stocks got hit hard in early trading.

Does anybody in politics understand tax policy these days? The Biden-Harris Democrats want to raise tax rates to Thomas Piketty French socialist levels. Republicans want to cut taxes, but they want to do so for specific groups to buy their votes. They’ve all lost the growth plot. Mr. Trump’s tax fumbling is especially disappointing because his 2017 cut in tax rates was the policy foundation for the strong pre-pandemic U.S. economy. But so far in this campaign he’s proposing hugely expensive tax cuts for different voting groups that won’t do much for growth. We’ve written about his promise not to...

https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/36952 From a Biblical perspective—- what say you?

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The pro-Palestinian activists who disrupted campuses across the nation are plotting their return for the new academic year. Demonstrators say all forms of protest are still on the table, despite the more than 2,000 arrests so far, as students try to figure out a new strategy to demand their schools divest from Israel, among other goals. “What we will see [is] the students will continue their activism, will continue doing what they’ve done in conventional and unconventional ways. So not only protests, not only encampments, kind of any — any available means necessary to push Columbia to divest from from...

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U.S. stock-market futures fell late Sunday, after a volatile week on Wall Street that saw the Nasdaq fall into correction territory. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slid more than 250 points, or 0.7%, as of 11 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, as S&P 500 futures fell 1.4% and Nasdaq-100 futures tumbled 2.4%. Each had improved slightly late Sunday from their session lows. Crude oil futures were up slightly amid heightened concerns over escalating hostilities in the Middle East. Cryptocurrencies fell, led by bitcoin, which retreated 8% and slipped below the $55,000 level after topping $65,000 on Friday, while ether ETHUSD sank...

A statue of Anne Frank, famous for her diary account of hiding from the Nazis during World War II, has been covered with pro-Palestinian Arab graffiti, AFP reported on Sunday. According to images published on X, the base of the statue was spray-painted with the slogan "Free Gaza", while the girl's hands were painted with the same blood-red color. Police have opened an investigation into the defacement, which likely occurred in the night from Saturday to Sunday, an Amsterdam police spokesman told AFP, adding that no suspect had yet been identified. This marks the second time in a month that...

Japan down 12.4%. No Japan trades for the last 10 minutes. South Korea halted trading. Now trading resumed, at down 9.6%.

Stock markets in Asia experiences major drops in Monday morning trading... US Secretary of State Antony Blinken telling the other G7 nations an Iranian attack on Israel could occur in the next... Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian saying Israel made a "great mistake"... A Belgian athlete participating in the triathlon at the Paris Olympics hospitalized infected with E.coli bacteria... The Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warning Western nations against being "genocide partners" with Israel... Statues of famous historical figure daubed with red paint in Amsterdam including the slogan "Free Gaza"... Dozens killed in the latest clashes between student protests and government...

So here are a couple of ideas I thought of recently, using tactics from "Rules for Radicals" which was not meant just for leftist movements but any opposition movement: *when talking about abortion or illegal immigration, say "every illegal immigrant should abort every pregnancy they have". The leftist would never agree to that, their only choices would be saying no, which allows you to accuse them of opposing abortion, or they will call you racist, in which case you tell them that a fetus is not a person so you cannot be racist against it. *Removing illegal aliens is "de-colonization"...

Join together with Fellow FREEPERS to Pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.'I Urge, then, First of All, that Requests, Prayers, Intercession and Thanksgiving be Made for Everyone: for Kings and All those in Authority that we May Live Peaceful and Quiet Lives in All Godliness and Holiness.' 1 Timothy 2:1-2Religion Forum Threads Labeled [Prayer] are Closed to Debate of Any Kind.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Saturday that revenge will be “severe and at an appropriate time, place, and manner,” blaming the “terrorist Zionist regime” for Haniyeh’s death. The Iranian attack on Israel in response to the assassination of Hamas political bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran last week is expected to come as early as Monday, three US and Israeli officials told Axios reporter Barak Ravid on Sunday. Michael Erik Kurilla, commander of US Central Command, arrived in the Middle East early Sunday morning amid Hezbollah and Iran's threats against Israel, Walla reported on Sunday, citing two senior...

The international rating agency S&P Global lowered the long-term and short-term credit ratings of Ukraine in foreign currency to the level of "selective default" - from CC/C to SD/SD - due to the missed payment of Eurobonds on August 1 against the background of debt restructuring. "We understand that the government has decided to suspend bond payments pending restructuring. To that end, the government has not made a coupon payment on its 2026 Eurobonds on August 1, 2024, when payment was due, and we do not expect payments during the bonds' contractual grace period of 10 business days," S&P said...

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., who is a top contender to be Vice President Harris' running mate in the 2024 election, posted a cryptic message on social media amid veepstakes speculation. "Whether it was from my time in the Navy and at NASA, serving in the United States Senate, or visiting our troops overseas: I've learned that when your country asks you to serve, you always answer the call," Kelly posted on X on Sunday.